The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-07-14
FROM MURPHY TO MANTEU.
SOME THINGS THAT ARE EHAPPEN.
ING IN NORTH CAROLINA.


CHRONICLE in every section OF the State
are requested to aid us in making this de-
partment an accurate record, in brief, of
the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send
Us a postal card whenever anything of
publlc interest transpires in your neigh
borhood or section of country. You will
AID US and give prominence to your sec
ton. Send on the postal cards - EDITOR.
-. Charlotte is to have free delivery
system. 1t will commence October 1st
-. The Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar in this State will hold it's annual
Conclave at Greensboro, Aug. prox.
-. Ground was broken in Goldsboro
Monday for the erection of the stand pipe
for the Goldsboro Water Works Company
-. The Weldon News SAYS that Mr..
Thos. W. Harris, proprietor of Panacea
Springs, was recently offered $50, 900 for
them.
The Reidsville Light Infantry, un-
de1 command of Capt A. J. Ellington will
go to Morehead on the 18th, and spend
week in camp.
-. The Hornet Nest Rihemen-fifty
strong-under command of Capt. T. K.
Robertson, went down to Morehead Tues
day, and will be in camp there for ten
days.
Seven new signal stations have been
added to the State Weather Bureau Ser
vice. They are Pineville, Mooresvile,
Lenoir, Whtakers, Leaksville Newton and
Tarboro.
IA letter from Sparta, Allegheny
county. conveys the information that the
Normal School in session there is great
success, both in numbers and interest
manifested.
" The State horticultural Society has
decided not to hold a Fruit Fair this year
1t had reports from all sections and
thought there was not enough fruit to
Justify Fair.
-. Two negro boys quarreled in Green's
boro. Got very mad. No razor at hand,
no pistol or bowie knife. One boy had
hatchet. He hurled it at the other. Struck
him on the forehead Fractured the skull.
He will die.
.... Rev. O. /. Stringfeld, of Wakefield,
Wake county, has accepted the principal
ship of Rock Ridge Academy, Wilson coun-
ty. The Academy is to be enlarged. The
school opened under Prof. Stringfelds
management July 4th.
-. The Goldsboro Argus says that in
consequence of 4 requirement that the r.
K. agent of the r. Il d. +. r. pay his
clerk and operator out Of his salary, Mr..
J. NJ. Hollowell, who has been the agent of
the road for fifteen years, has rendered his
resignation
-. Mrs. Lincke, accused of being an ac-
complice of Mr. Potts in the murder of her
husband, at Aurora several weeks ago,
had hearing before Judge Shepherd in
Washington on writ of habeas corpus
last week. She was released upon giving
a $500 bond.
AT the annual meeting of the States
vile and Air Line Railroad Co., the act
amending its charter was accepted, and
full Directory was elected. Subsequently,
DR.. J. J. Mott was elected President, G.
A. Carlton, Esq, Secretary and Treasurer,
and Col. W. A. Ellason Chief Engineer.
-. Vance county is named in honor of
one United States Senator and is the moth
er of another. Hon. Isham G. Harris, of
Tennessee, once Governor Of the State and
now United States Senator, is native of
this county, having been born and raised
about six miles east Of Henderson, Hen
derson Gold Leaf.
. A package of bright tobacco, donat-
ed by the Durham Tobacco Association,
through DR.. J. L. Watkins, to the Soldiers
Home, was sold elday in Richmond
at the Tobacco Exchange, by Messrs.
Charles Watkins IL Co., to W I. Hancock,
at $42. so per hundred. The net proceeds
Of the sale We're $196. III Durham Re
corder.
" The North Carolina Board of Phar-
macy will meet in Asheville, August I'd
and Sd, for the examination of applicants
to practice pharmacy in the State. At
the same time and place, the N. G.. Phar
maceutical Association will meet in annual
session. Particulars may be obtained from
VIM. Simpson, secretary, Raleigh
-. Mr.. VIM. Mills, manager of Capt
I. j. Southerland's farm near Whining
ton, was shot and seriously wounded by
Alfred Soyke, a German employe, who af
terwards committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart. There had
been some difficulty between them because
Soyke had neglected to feed the stock on
the farm.
-. Col. Hammett has a hen, a Ply
mouth Rock, which he bought some time
ago from Mr.. G. D. Whitaker. This hen
celebrated the 4th by laying three eggs.
Col. Hammett saw the hen when she laid
the eggs, and knows the same hen laid
the three. All three eggs were perfect
except two had soft shells. Who can beat
this2-IDurham Plant.
-. Messrs. E. NJ. Caldcleugh 4 Bro, of
OTcclSUOIO, udVt Dccu OfcFALluS SOlu
ore deposit near Thomasville, which has
recently begun to develop very valuable
yield. The proportion of gold is now $50
to the ton, with the ratio constantly in
creasing. Experts who have examined the
ore are of the opinion that the claim is one
of the most valuable in the State.-lChar-
lotte Chronicle.
The report comes to us that there
is a deadlock in municipal matters at
Newbern. The city charter requires a
three fourths vote of the council on all
financial matters. A minority of the
board last week refused to vote annual
salaries for mayor, city attorney, and
treasurer, demanded SO per cent. reduc-
ton, and also refused to vote salaries for
the fire department, engineers, and drivers.
-. Mr.. D. Y. Cooper received marble
brick for his new warehouse few days
ago from Mr.. J. S. Carr, of Durham. Ac
companying it was very complimentary
letter, saying that such man as Dave
Cooper, who had done so much for Hen
derson and the tobacco interests of North
Carolina, deserved not only marble brick
but gold one. Mr.. Carr's name In fac
simile is inscribed upon the block. 1t will
occupy conspicuous place on the front
corner cf the building. = Henderson Gold
Leaf
"A terrible cutting and shooting af-
fair took place on the night of the 4th ult.,
ar Tate'S station near MaxtOn which will